Richard Buckner (born Woolwich, London, 25 October 1812; died 12 August 1883[1]), was an English portrait painter.

[3] After serving in the army in 1832 and 1833 as a Second Lieutenant in The King's Royal Rifle Corps he studied painting under Giovanni Battista Cassevari in Rome.

[1] While in Rome Buckner gave advice to Frederick (Lord) Leighton, later PRA, when he was starting his career.

Buckner lived in and had his studio in Cleveland Row, opposite St James's Palace, in London.

There are also works by Buckner at the British Museum, the National Army Museum, Windsor Castle, Osborne House, Woburn Abbey, the Birmingham Art Gallery, Harewood House, the Foundling Hospital, County Hall, Maidstone and Castle Leslie in Ireland.